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About Scott Carlson

Scott N. Carlson, co-founder and Principal at New-Rule, is a democracy and governance expert with over 25 years of experience managing, designing, and evaluating complex international assistance programs, including over six years posted overseas.

Soft International Law

Soft International Law

Jun 30, 2013

After the core international human rights declarations and treaties were adopted, a series of interpretive/soft international law provisions followed, representing...

Public International Law

Public International Law

Jun 30, 2013

The core international human rights declarations and treaties have long established basic parameters for rule of law. Their provisions collectively...

Using an Understanding of Common and Civil Law Distinctions

Using an Understanding of Common and Civil Law Distinctions

Jun 30, 2013

At New-Rule, we continuously employ our knowledge of both common and civil law systems to understand context and offer the...

Basic Rule of Law Lessons Identified

Basic Rule of Law Lessons Identified

May 31, 2013

Development is a business, profession, and a calling, and the rule of law field is a very specialized subset of...

Albania Public Procurement Reform

Albania Public Procurement Reform

Feb 10, 2008

MCC Albania Public Procurement project, recipient of 2010 United Nations Public Procurement award. New-Rule CEO Scott Carlson drafted the project...

UN Lesson-Learned Study

UN Lesson-Learned Study

May 31, 2005

With sponsorship from the British Government, UNDPKO commissioned New-Rule CEO Scott Carlson to collect lessons-learned in UN rule of law...

Judicial Reform

Judicial Reform

Sep 30, 2001

For the American Bar Association’s Central and East European Law Initiative (ABA/CEELI), New-Rule Principal developed the Judicial Reform Index (JRI)...

Participatory Constitution Making

Participatory Constitution Making

Dec 31, 1998

Albanian Participatory Constitution Making Project, which introduced Albania’s first and only post-communist Constitution. New-Rule CEO Scott Carlson served as a...

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